Byzantine Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Roman Empire (see under Rome ), also called Eastern...the invasions of the Visigoths under Alaric I , of...the Franks, and the Visigoths, while Africa was under...Pesaro, and Senigallia), Rome, Sardinia, Corsica, Liguria...precipitated, led to the loss of Rome. In 800, during the reign...